 Nangagwe sponsors the excavation of Mugabe's remains. Chief Zee Vimba, born Stanley Mondeiro, yesterday distanced himself from the plot to summon former First Lady Grace Mugabe to a traditional court to force the exhumation of the late former President Robert Mugabe's remains, adding an intriguing twist to the bizarre development. The summons was delivered to Mugabe's posh Boreudale residence in Harare on April 29 by top police officers in the company of an aide from President Emerson Nangagwe's office. The summons was inviting Grace to Chief Zee Vimba's traditional court to answer to charges of improperly burying Mugabe at his cutima homestead in September 2019. The state had wanted him to be interred at the national hero's acre, but the family stood its ground and buried him as per his wish. I know nothing about this issue, summons, Chief Zee Vimba told Newsday yesterday. I am hearing it only from inquiries coming from here and there. I know absolutely nothing about that. He added, I have not seen anything and I have nothing to say on that because I am in the dark. I am not aware of anything. The summons was issued by the officer in charge Boreudale police station, a chief inspector, an inspector, an assistant inspector, a messenger from Chief Zee Vimba's court identified as Elvis Hondura and Jeremiah Moyo, from the president's office. Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zuewio accused Nangagwe's administration of sponsoring the attempt to have his uncles' remains exhumed. He cited the involvement of Moyo in delivering the summons at Mugabe's Blue Roof Mansion as a clear indication of Nangagwe's involvement in the matter. Zuewio told South African Broadcasting Corporation, S.A.B.C., that the alleged attempt by the government to exhum Mugabe's remains was motivated by a belief that the veteran leader was buried with a scepter that has spiritual powers which enhances a leader's ability to govern. We took a position as a family and that position was informed by President Mugabe's wishes to be buried at his rural home and that is what we did, Zuewio told Breaking News on Wednesday. He added, The reason that he wants to exhum the mortal remains of President Mugabe is that he has been looking for a scepter that he believes has the authority to be the leader of Zimbabwe. Nangagwe, in my presence and in the presence of two of my colleagues, has indicated that he believes they are 16 traditional leaders who will effectively anoint the person that will be able to effectively govern and rule Zimbabwe and he believes that President Mugabe had that scepter. He believed the scepter was buried with him. Why would an officer from his office deliver summons from a traditional leader? It is unheard of, he said. But Zanu PF and government officials took to Twitter to dismiss Zuewio's assertions as childish and belittling to Mugabe. The desperation to spread fake news reaches shocking milestones, inviting Zuewio to lie that Mugabe was buried with something that President Nangagwe wants in order to win elections in 2023, Zanu PF director of information Tafezwe Mugwati said. Nangagwe's spokesperson George Charamba also tweeted, We are told Mugabe has a scepter. Earning such an anti-futile revolutionary into an anachronistic monarch. A bit of enlightenment helps, dears Zimbabweans. Do you think you are defending your uncle? Information Secretary Ndevan Nngi Mangwana also joined the fray, mocking Mugabe for being buried with a scepter, which failed to resuscitate the economy.